October 10, 2012 4:01pm EDTOctober 10, 2012 3:39pm EDTThe Kansas Jayhawks are 1-4. Quarterback Dayne Crist has had terrible production. And from here, there's not much left to play for. Coach Charlie Weis insists that's not the reason he didn't allow his seniors to practice on Sunday.

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Published on Oct. 10, 2012

Oct. 10, 2012

If Kansas coach Charlie Weis hasn’t given up on his team, he certainly has a different strategy than most right now.

Weis said on Sunday that he is focusing his attention forward and not on the present. To that end, he didn’t practice any of the seniors Sunday.

“I took everyone that’s gonna be on the team next year and they practiced,” Weis said, according to The Kansas City Star. “And anyone who’s not gonna be on the team next year, after we were done with their film session, they ran and lifted.”

The Jayhawks are 1-4 and were coming off a 56-16 loss to rival Kansas State. Quarterback Dayne Crist, who transferred to Kansas from Notre Dame, has abysmal statistics. He is completing just 50 percent of his passes. Crist has been sacked 13 times, has thrown seven interceptions and completed only three touchdown passes.

And while the KU coach says he would be doing the same thing if his team were 4-1, you have to think losing this way is wearing on the coach.

“You have to do two things here,” Weis said. “You have to develop your current squad, but you also have to develop your future squad. What happens is, if you practice everyone who played all the reps in the game (Saturday), then you’re never developing anyone else at the same time.”